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19 March 2010
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Technical News
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Infiniband spec unveiled
The InfiniBand Trade Association released version 1.0 of the InfiniBandT Architecture Specification at its second developers conference. The specification was developed by the association, with more than 200 companies, and is publicly available for purchase and download. The specification was developed for a channel-based, switched fabric architecture that provides a scaleable performance range of 500 Mbyte/s to 6 Gbyte/s.
The InfiniBand Trade Association is comprised of eight special workgroups, each with its own charter and area of expertise. The workgroups include: marketing, technical, applications, compliance and interoperability, electromechanical, link, management, and software. InfiniBand Trade Association, www.infinibandta.org.
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ST, Lara ink networking technology deal
STMicroelectronics and Lara Networks, Inc. inked a long-term agreement to co-develop, manufacture, co-market, and sell search engines incorporating Lara's associative processing technology (APT) using STMicroelectronic's deep sub-micron process technology. In addition, STMicroelectronics will take a minority interest in Lara Networks, Inc. The two companies will also exchange and/or cross-license relevant intellectual property (IP) and technologies.
The focus of the joint development will be to globally standardize APT-based search engines, which play a role in packet processing by accelerating the network database search operations.
STMicroelectronics, www.st.com
Lara Networks, Inc., www.laranetworks.com.
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Bluetooth developer selects ARM core
Cambridge Silicon Radio (CSR), a developer of Bluetooth ICs, has selected the ARM core for applications programs that run above CSR's BlueCore architecture, Bluetooth hardware, and firmware. CSR will supply ARM's microprocessor core in a future revision of the BlueCore family that will be user-programmable.
The company's BlueCore01 IC sports a 2.4G-Hz radio, baseband, and microcontroller. Using the ARM embedded RISC microprocessor technology, the company will be able to move along it's roadmap towards developing the BlueCore03 IC.
CSR, www.csr.com
ARM, www.arm.com
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Celox taps IBM packet technology
Celox Networks announced that IBM will be the premier technology supplier for its upcoming carrier-class IP services delivery switch.
Through this technology and services agreement, IBM will supply packet routing switch technology, customized ASICs, PowerPC processors, and SRAM for Celox Networks' next-generation IP services delivery switch. IBM will also provide engineering design and manufacturing services for line and processor cards within the Celox platform.
Celox Networks is developing a carrier-class IP services delivery switch that will enable network service providers (NSPs) to address applications like network-based IP VPNs.
Celox Networks, www.celoxnetworks.com
IBM, www.ibm.com
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Lucent licenses switch-fabric technology
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group entered into a licensing agreement with StarGen, Inc., a fabless semiconductor company specializing in switch fabric components.
The agreement aims to blend Lucent's semiconductor chip technologies and StarGen's switch-fabric technology to build solutions for various types of next-generation communication equipment such as wireless base stations, DSLAMs, and computer telephony systems.
Under the agreement, Lucent plans to develop, market, and sell a portfolio of standard products, which will use StarGen's universal switch fabric tech-nology. Lucent's first product is expected to provide a scaleable extension to the H.110 bus.
StarGen, www.stargen.com
Lucent Technologies Microelectronics Group, www.lucent.com/micro
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Sun ports Java to TI platform
Sun Microsystems has ported its Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) platform to Texas Instruments' (TI's) Open Multimedia Application Platform (OMAP). Through this agreement, TI hopes to expand the adoption of its OMAP architecture by providing Java software developers the ability to deliver Java technology-based wireless applications.
As part of the effort, OMAP developers and manufacturers will benefit from having J2ME support, tools, and APIs that provide access to TI's DSP-based technology. The OMAP architecture supports all 2G, 2.5G, and 3G wireless standards and is software code compatible with the company's DSP-based digital baseband.
The J2ME platform was created by more than twenty companies through the Java Community Process (JCP).
Texas Instruments, Inc., www.ti.com
Sun Microsystems, www.sun.com
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